Unity Medical Visualization: 01 Preparation and Design
1h 23mIntermediate2020-04-13
Authors
Alan Thorn
Game Developer, Author, Educator
Course details
Unity isn’t just for games. The powerful 3D engine can be used to created educational assets, like the medical visualization featured in this three-part series: an animated 3D human heart. In the first course of the series, instructor Alan Thorn shows how to plan and design this interactive 3D project, covering aspects such as asset management, scene and level design, lighting, user experience, and post processing. Learn how to use the Unity universal render pipeline, import and configure mesh assets, and use Cinemachine and scripts behaviors to add meaningful interactivity.
Topics include:
- Creating your Unity project
- Importing and configuring assets
- Designing and lighting the scene
- Creating the interface and interactions
- Stacking cameras
- Post-processing: Bloom, grain, color, and more
Topics include:
- Creating your Unity project
- Importing and configuring assets
- Designing and lighting the scene
- Creating the interface and interactions
- Stacking cameras
- Post-processing: Bloom, grain, color, and more
Skills covered
VisualizationReal-TimeGame DevelopmentUnityVisualization and Real-TimeAECProduct and ManufacturingSoftware DevelopmentDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
Introduction
- Introducing medical visualization
- Exercise files
Asset Management
- Create a new project
- Importing assets into Unity
- Configuring assets
- Optimizing the scene
Scene Design
- Preparing for the project
- Getting started with scene design
- Building scene lighting
- Completing the lighting
User Experience
- Creating notices and pop-ups
- Creating interactables and UIs
- Working with UI text
- Camera stacking
Post-Processing
- Enabling post-processing
- Adding bloom and film grain
- Refining effects
- Completing effects
Conclusion
- Next steps